West Duluth; Third Street looking east from Forty-ninth Avenue West; streetcar tracks; houses; man; this photograph was a court exhibit used to document an accident of some type; billboards, "Buy It In The West End It Will Cost You Less."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Street; third street between Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Avenue West looking north east; this photograph was a court exhibit used to document an accident of some type; streetcar; businesses; truck; sign Trop-Arctic Auto Oil; telephone poles; streetcar tracks
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Victor Carlson's Ice Cream Parlor; 5525 Grand Avenue; on Grand Avenue between Fifty-sixth and Central; man and woman; woman is wearing hat and gloves; fern; candy boxes stacked above shelves; soda fountain; confections in cases; cigars; stools; spittoons
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This West Duluth Street view at Central Avenue and Bristol street shows the building where the Purity Store operated as well as other business signs. It is an example of Romanesque architecture. The view includes men, boys, children, a truck, snow. It is a winter view of the business district. The building was constructed in 1889, and it was razed in 1976. Note the fire escape.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Street View At Central Avenue and Bristol street; Ketchum's Hardware at left; wagon; jeweler; street lamp; West Barber Shop; business district
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; view of city; Merrill-Ring Saw Mill and Fullerton Lumber Yard; Iron Company; smoke stacks; residence; power lines; churches; lake; spring.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Whitefront Saloon; George Peterson bartender and owner; glass topped display cases full of merchandise including boxes of cigars; salt shaker on bar; broadside behind bar that partial advertises Twin Ports Potato and a word that is covered; sign for Purity Ice Cream; one man is holding what looks like a mostly eaten ice cream cone; mirrors behind the bar; spittoon; two men in bar; lights; chair
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Wick Brothers Feed and Fuel; load of cut and split fire wood; worker; horses; horse drawn wagon; building; harnesses with metal studs and decoration
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; World War I; Victory Garden at Forty-sixth and Grand Avenue; numerous young people with gardening tools; no visible sign of plants yet; house with laundry on clothesline and hill in background
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Zenith Gray Iron Foundry; southwest corner Polk and Fifty-third Avenue West, Peter L. Berke; power lines; smoke stacks; wood piles; residence; flood; spring
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Nelson Building, 5628 Grand Avenue, at the intersection of Grand Avenue, Ramsey Street and Fifty Seventh Avenue West, first appears in the Duluth City Directory in 1917.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Nelson Building, 5628 Grand Avenue, at the intersection of Grand Avenue, Ramsey Street and Fifty Seventh Avenue West. Home State Bank is at 5624 Grand Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Operators at the New Sweden Telephone Exchange used this switchboard while they served their customers. The exchange was located in New Sweden, Minnesota.